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Q: What is a turgor pressure and what does it do for a plant?
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How can you tell if a plant has a decreased turgor pressure?

A plant wilts when it has a decreased turgor pressure.


What is a sentence for the term turgor pressure?

When the turgor pressure is low in a plant it will start to slouch and wilt.


Can plant cells have negative turgar pressure values?

Plant cells are not known to have negative turgor pressure values. However, there are times when plants will have low turgor pressures which may result into negative turgor pressure values.


The pressure that builds in a plant cell as a result of osmosis is called?

The pressure that builds in a plant cell as a result of osmosis is called turgor pressure.


A plant with high is healthy and rigid?

A plant with high turgor pressure is healthy and rigid. When turgor pressure is high, it pushes the plasma membrane into the cell wall. This causes the plant to be turgid.


When do plants exhibit turgor pressure?

When the vacuole of plant cells absorb too much water, it swells so big, that it squashes the cytoplasm, and begins to exert pressure on the cell wall. This pressure is known as turgor pressure.


What large structre in a plant cell helps it main tain turgor pressure?

The cell wall. The interior pressure of water maintains turgor and keeps the plant erect.


The internal pressure of a plant cell is called what?

turgor pressure, also turgidity, is the main pressure exerted by cell contents against the cell walls in plant cells


What is the pressure that is in water pressure in plant cell?

turgor pressure, if i understand the question correctly


Is the loss of water from a plant cell resulting in a drop in turgor pressure?

Guttation


What does turgor pressure do for plant?

Inside most plant cells is a central water vacuole. The cell uses osmotic pressure to bring water into the cell. When the water vacuoles of the plant are filled with water it is said to have high turgor pressure.


The pressure inside a plant cell caused by water pushing against the cell wall?

This is called turgor pressure.